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William Stanford (official)
William Stanford may refer to: * William Stanford (sculptor), Australian sculptor * William Stanford (judge), English politician and judge * William Bedell Stanford William Bedell Stanford (16 January 1910 – 30 December 1984) was an Irish classical scholar and senator. He was Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College Dublin between 1940 and 1980 and served as the 22nd chancellor of the university betwee ..., Irish classical scholar and politician See also * {{hndis, Stanford, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stanford (sculptor)
William Walter Tyrell Stanford (1839–2 June 1880) was an Australian sculptor. Stanford was born in London, England, son of Thomas Tyrell, contractor, and his wife Frances Trevor. As a youth Stanford was apprenticed to a stonemason. Stanford came to Victoria in 1852, probably as a ship's boy, and for a time worked on the gold diggings at Bendigo. In 1854 he was found guilty on a charge of horse-stealing and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment at HM Prison Pentridge, near Melbourne. After serving nearly six years, he was released on ticket of leave. On 1 May 1860 Stanford was found guilty on two charges of highway robbery and one of horse-stealing and sentenced to 22 years in prison. Afterward Stanford declared his innocence of two of the charges, and, in the charge of horse-thievery, he said was not the principal actor but assisted a fellow ex-prisoner. Stanford was again imprisoned at Pentridge, to become one of the most insubordinate of all the prisoners and thoroughly h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stanford (judge)
Sir William Stanford (1509 – 1558), also written Stamford or Staunford, was an English politician, judge and jurist. Origins Born on or by 22 August 1509 at Monken Hadley in Middlesex, he was the second son of William Stanford, a mercer in the City of London, and his wife Margaret Gedney. His father was a younger son of Robert Stanford, of Rowley Regis in Staffordshire. Career After some time at the University of Oxford, he then studied law, entering Gray's Inn in 1528 and being called to the bar in 1536. At Gray's Inn, he was chosen Reader in 1544 and 1551. By 1542, with a powerful friend at court in Sir Thomas Wriothesley and being owed money by Henry Stafford, he was elected MP for Stafford in the 1542 and 1545 Parliaments, and for Newcastle-under-Lyme in the 1547 Parliament. Though based in Middlesex, he developed Staffordshire links by buying the manors of Perry Barr and Handsworth. From 1542 to 1555, he was appointed to many royal commissions, some ranging over all En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |